On 09/07/2009, at 10:56 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Hi Adrian
A video card will not help you here, what you need is more
processing power ie:
faster Mac.
Now comes the big question:
Just because a mac ( or a PC ) has a faster CPU as on it's MHzz speed ,
does not mean it is a FASTER machine when processing .
Th actual Processor can have different onboard cache size , and
different onboard
arrangement such that a slower Mhz speed can be a faster processor .
To determine which will process faster you need to put each processor
type
through a benchmark test .
Refer to OWC benchmarking to get some idea.
<http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/Macbook_Memory_Benchmarks?APC=READERSPC&Source=TipsJune
>
<http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Memory_Benchmark/Apple_iMac/>
ALSO ,, the quantity of RAM can make a significant difference
depending on the type of function you are performing .
NOW ,
for encoding a TV digital file ready to burn a DVD I suggest
you seriously look at something like an Elgato eyetv 250 plus
which does all the encoding outside your Mac , inside itself .
HTH's
Bob
If you are doing this a lot it would be worth buying the fastest Mac
you can
afford or do what you are doing now and do it over night :)
best regards
Roger
On Thu Jul 9 10:50 , Adrian Skehan <[email protected]> sent:
Having created the dvd the time it takes to Encode the assets which
for a 1 hour movie takes a few hours and then goes through the
several
steps in the actual burning process which takes even longer, I cant
recall the exact length of time but the last dual layer one I did
took
5 or 6 hours, I have resorted doing them over night.
Regards,
Adrian
[email protected]
On 09/07/2009, at 10:17 AM, Nicholas Pyers wrote:
On 09/07/2009, at 11:45 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote:
I am having a bit of trouble putting up with the length of time my
intel 13" MacBook and iMac G5 take to process DVDs' and was
wondering if anyone can advise me if it is possible to upgrade the
video card in the following machines:
Short answer: No you can't.
What do you mean by 'time taken to process DVDs'?
Depending on what you are doing a RAM upgrade may be more
beneficial, like wise having an Firewire 800 external drive to store
the data for your DVDs may also help. Likewise an external DVD drive
plugged into Firewire may be faster than the internal ones.
--
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